Today we were supposed to be going out to the local War Memorial for the Act of Remembrance. I was told that my class were not to go, because the weather was too bad.
(Admittedly there were 70mph gusts, and it was raining sideways, but, hey. Did they not have bad weather in the trenches?)
Instead we watched the service in the hall. I linked the hall projector into the internet, picked up the British Legion Silence in the Square feed, and watched it. All 305 children were silent for the 2 minutes. Even the special children.
I wept.
It was the way it was.
And now, I'm exhausted, I'm emotionally drained, I've pretended all day that things are ok.
Tea now. A large cup, with sugar.
